CEDAR email: AGU voting ends 3 Feb; Cubesat and EGU meetings; PhD or Post-doc in Potsdam, Germany

Thu Jan 14 12:18:33 MST 2010

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Meetings and jobs are listed at http://cedarweb.hao.ucar.edu under
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CEDAR email messages are under 'Community' as 'CEDAR email Newsletters'.
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(1) Vote for your future AGU leaders - elections close Feb 3.
Submitted by Shawna Johnson (shawna.johnson at usu.edu).
 From Jan Sojka (fasojka at gaim.cass.usu.edu).

(2) CubeSat Developers' 7th Workshop, 21-23 April, Cal Poly State Univ in
San Luis Obispo, CA - abstracts due 12 Feb.
 From Jordi Puig-Suari (jpuigsua at calpoly.edu).
See also http://www.cubesat.org.

(3) European Geophysical Union Meeting, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria,
abstracts due 18 Jan.
See also http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/home.html.
(a) Call for papers, EGU 2010, Session ST5/NH8.5 Space Weather and its Effects
on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications.
 From Norma Bock Crosby (norma.crosby at oma.be).

(4) PhD student and/or Postdoc position on high-latitude coupling at the
University Potsdam/GFZ Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam,
Germany.  Applications due 15 February.
 From Matthias Foerster (mfo at gfz-potsdam.de).

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(1) Vote for your future AGU leaders - elections close Feb 3.
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Message from your SPA President Elect:  Jan J. Sojka

Please take the time to VOTE for your future AGU leaders.  Not just SPA
leaders, but also the new AGU board members. Please vote, and since you
cannot vote often, please encourage others to vote.

The candidates9 bios are in the EOS issue of 22 December 2009 along with the
photographs.

The voting is open until Feb 3, hence please do it now!  I did.

Thank you!

Jan J. Sojka

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(2) CubeSat Developers' 7th Workshop, 21-23 April, Cal Poly State Univ in
San Luis Obispo, CA - abstracts due 12 Feb.
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 From Jordi Puig-Suari (jpuigsua at calpoly.edu).

Dear CubeSat Community Members and other interested colleagues,

Mark your calendars because registration is officially open for the
7th Annual CubeSat Developers' Spring Workshop! The workshop will be
held April 21-23, 2010 at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo,
California. Presentations and speakers are scheduled to begin on Wednesday
morning and continue through Friday afternoon. On Wednesday night there
will be an Opening Ceremonies banquet to welcome all attendees to this
year's workshop.

To register, apply to present, or apply for the poster session please visit
http://www.cubesat.org. We highly encourage all attending universities to
participate in the poster session!  The deadline for submitting presentation
abstracts and poster session applications is February 12, 2010.

We are also pleased to announce that CubeSat has a new website! The address
is still the same as last year so feel free to check it out!

Any questions or comments about the workshop can be directed to
cubesat.workshop at gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you in San Luis Obispo!

Thanks,
The CubeSat Workshop Team

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(3) European Geophysical Union Meeting, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria,
abstracts due 18 Jan.
(a) Call for papers, EGU 2010, Session ST5/NH8.5 Space Weather and its Effects
on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications.
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From: Norma Crosby (norma.crosby at oma.be).

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract to the EGU General
Assembly 2010 session "ST5/NH8.5 Space Weather and its Effects on
Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications".

This session gathers together scientists with expertise in various
fields of solar-terrestrial physics that deal with the effects of
space phenomena on different levels of geo-space. Effects range
from those observed on spacecraft related activities all the way
down to Earth, including technological systems, human health and
the Earth's climate. We welcome contributions (theoretical and
observational) as well as applied (effects on terrestrial and
geo-space environments), on all aspects of space weather.
Contributions related to the ESA Space Situational Awareness
(SSA) programme, or the EU FP7 programme, are very welcome.
We look forward to a dynamic and interdisciplinary session.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 18 January 2010
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/home.html

Best regards,
The Conveners:
Norma Crosby (BIRA-IASB, Belgium) and Mirela Voiculescu ("Dunarea de
Jos" University Galati, Romania)
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(4) PhD student and/or Postdoc position on high-latitude coupling at the
University Potsdam/GFZ Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam,
Germany.  Applications due 15 February.
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 From Matthias Foerster (mfo at gfz-potsdam.de).

The University of Potsdam, Institute for Applied Mathematics and
the Interdisciplinary Center for Dynamics of Complex Systems (DYCOS)
in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ Centre for
Geosciences, Department 2 'Physics of the Earth', Section 2.3
'Earth Magnetic Field' invites applicants for a

<em>PhD student and/or Postdoc position (m/f)<\em>
for Applied Mathematics and/or Upper Atmospheric Space Science
based on a project on 'High-latitude coupling processes between
thermospheric circulation and solar wind driven magnetospheric
currents and plasma convection', which is funded by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG).

Tasks:
- Development of novel, multi-method exploration and interpretation
strategies to the complex dynamic system of the upper atmosphere
and its response to magnetospheric and solar wind forcings
- Studying the dependencies of thermospheric wind circulation and
magnetospheric currents & plasma convection under varying space
weather conditions
- Mathematical tools applied comprise, e.g., pattern recognition,
splines, wavelet methods, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA).

Qualification:
- Diploma/MSc in applied mathematics, physics, geophysics, or
a closely related field.
- Keen interest in complex dynamic processes of the near Earth's
environment
- Good knowledge and ability to communicate in English
- Ability to work in an international and interdisciplinary team
- Strong skills in numerical data processing and knowledge of
common computer languages (cc, Fortran, IDL) for own programmings

-Start   :  As soon as possible
-Duration:  3 years
-Position:  PhD student and/or Postdoc
-Location:  University of Potsdam and/or GFZ Potsdam
-Contact :  Prof. Dr. M. Holschneider (Tel. +49-331-977 1500/1663)
or Dr. M. Foerster (Tel. +49-331-288 1776)
-Deadline:  Review of applications begins Feb 15, 2010
and continues until position is filled

Our institutions are committed to equal opportunities and to
employing individuals with disabilities.

Applications should be directed to:
University of Potsdam, Institute of Mathematics,
Frau Neisse, P.B. 60 15 53, D-14415 Potsdam, Germany.

With best regards, Dr. Matthias Foerster (mfo at gfz-potsdam.de)

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